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2006 Scholarship Lunch: "Sowing our Future Legacy"

The Department of Computer Sciences (CS) recognized scholarship donors, Friends of Computer Sciences (FoCS) members, and scholarship recipients with a Scholarship Luncheon at the Texas Union on March 8, 2006.

As invitees enjoyed a slide show highlighting the honored students, CS Chair, J Strother Moore paid tribute to the involvement and generosity of scholarship donors and FoCS members. During a hearty lunch, students, faculty, industry leaders and donors made important connections, learned more about each other and celebrated accomplishments. There were 48 undergraduate scholarship recipients this year, receiving a total of $105,710. Corporate scholarships totaled $40,790.

We appreciate the generosity of corporations, families and friends who have named scholarships in honor of a loved one or family member and appreciate the generosity of our corporate donors:

Boylan Family Endowed Scholarship

James C. Browne Fellowship

Centaur Technology (Also an FoCS member)

ConocoPhillips (Also an FoCS member)

Freescale

Lockheed Martin (Also an FoCS member)

Microsoft (Also an FoCS member)

Motorola

Parrish Computer Sciences Scholarship

Angus G. and Erna Pearson Endowed Scholarship

Jack Seriff Endowed Presidential Scholarship

Louis C. Rosier Memorial Scholarship

Texas Education & Technical Consortium

Tracor-McBee, Jr. Endowed Scholarship— BAE Systems

Unrestricted Presidential Endowments

Verizon

For information on joining the FoCS program contact oea@cs.utexas.edu and see the links below:

My Experience at the Scholarship Lunch — Todd Roling, UTCS Junior

I decided in January that this would be the semester I search for jobs, and began making a concerted effort to find just the right situation. At the UTCS scholarship lunch, I met Jerry Dziuk from IBM and he distributed my resume to a plethora of hiring managers inside IBM. I also received a second offer from another company through a contact made at the lunch, but selected a part-time position with IBM which I'm extremely excited about.

For my efforts during the semester, I received six job offers, but the most lucrative and interesting opportunities came from the scholarship lunch. Thanks to UTCS, FoCS, and all the wonderful scholarship donors, I now have a dream fulfilled, a great learning experience ahead of me, and a paycheck!